Springwood is located 72 km west of Sydney and "half-way up the mountain" in a local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2011 census, Springwood had a population of 8,437 people. It is largely Anglo-Celtic. I know the place well because we used to live here in the neighbouring town of Faulconbridge, and would usually get on and off the train at Springwood rather than Faulconbridge station.
Not much to say about a train station really. This one gets the job done. Springwood is a large train station with most of the town shops on the south side, including *Springwood Pizza*. On the north side is a huge multi-storey parking structure. The "Mountain Train" from Sydney up to here and beyond is very relaxing once you start to rise up from the coastal plains after Penrith. You can feel your stress melt away. Lots of Sydney workers commute from here, and Springwood is about as far as you would want to commute. Those living higher up the mountain are more retired persons or local workers, etc. The people also get weirder going higher up the mountain, where it is more sparsely populated. Don't mean to offend anyone, but its true of many, but not all.
Hard to give more than three stars for a train station. It's just there if you know what I mean. read more